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CF, Mitsui & JERA: billion joint project in Louisiana gets FID green light

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CF, Mitsui & JERA: $4 billion joint project in Louisiana gets FID green light

Julian Atchison April 10, 2025

CF Industries, JERA and Mitsui & Co. will jointly invest in, own and operate a $4 billion, low-emission ammonia production project in Louisiana, USA.

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Mitsui O.S.K. Lines expands into storage, acquires LBC Tank Terminals

Geofrey Njovu March 25, 2025

Adding terminal storage capabilities to its fleet of marine transportation and logistics fleet, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines has acquired LBC Tank Terminals. LBC is currently inviting expressions of interest for its Vlissingen ammonia storage and cracking terminal, which is set to become operational in 2028.

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Nitricity: $10 million electric fertilizer facility in California

Julian Atchison March 18, 2025

California-based Nitricity has announced plans to construct its first production facility, featuring a 100-fold scale-up of its process, which utilizes agricultural byproducts and electricity to produce a calcium nitrate solution.

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Landus and TalusAg: domestic renewable ammonia production for fertiliser use in North America

Geofrey Njovu March 11, 2025

Partnering with Landus, TalusAg has deployed its containerised, modular, anhydrous ammonia production system for commercial renewable ammonia production in Boone, Iowa, unlocking a new domestic fertiliser supply chain in the US.

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MODEC & Toyo Engineering: Approval in principle for CCS-based ammonia floating production

Geofrey Njovu March 11, 2025

For their design of a CCS-based ammonia floating production, storage and offloading unit, MODEC and TOYO Engineering have received approval in principle from the American Bureau of Shipping.

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ExxonMobil & Trammo: discussions underway for CCS-based ammonia offtake

Geofrey Njovu February 20, 2025

ExxonMobil and Trammo are in talks which will see the latter offtake 300,000 to 500,000 tons of low-carbon ammonia from the under-development, CCS-based ammonia project in Baytown, Texas.

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EverWind Fuels: first-to-market ammonia exports from Canada’s Maritime provinces

Kevin Rouwenhorst February 20, 2025

To explore wind-based renewable ammonia production in Nova Scotia and lessons learned from the recently-finished FEED study for the Point Tupper project, EverWind Fuels and Black & Veatch joined Project Features this month. Discussion included a detailed breakdown of the lessons learned designing flexible hydrogen and ammonia production plants.

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Trafigura, CF & Purus complete first ammonia-LPG co-loaded voyage

Julian Atchison February 15, 2025

Partners report that the voyage demonstrates “efficient and economic” future pathways for the transport of ammonia, particularly as the scale-up of new maritime fuels occurs. The Green Power vessel was also involved in Trafigura’s first-ever ship-to-ship transfer of ammonia in the Straits of Gibraltar last July.

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Trinidad & Tobago: future production pathways for the world’s largest ammonia exporter

Kevin Rouwenhorst February 11, 2025

To explore Trinidad & Tobago' s existing ammonia production capacity and the new imperative to decarbonize, the Energy Chamber of Trinidad & Tobago and Argus Media joined Project Features last month. To maintain its market share in key export destinations and meet climate goals, Trinidad & Tobago has a series of decarbonized ammonia projects underway, including the use of wind, solar and gas-based CCS pathways.

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H2Global prepares for second auction round

Geofrey Njovu February 11, 2025

H2Global’s new €3 billion auction for long-term supplies of renewable hydrogen and its derivatives has received EU approval, including €1.2 billion for regional funding in Canada and Australia. H2Global also progressed partnerships with the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, and the Solar Energy Corporation of India.